ABASHED in a Sentence
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36 example sentences for ABASHED, such as:
1. They were not in the least abashed.
2. The tattered man shrank back abashed.
3. Mavra Kuzminichna grew abashed and confused.
4. Her open admiration should not abash him at all.
5. And how abashed he was, facing Ellen on the morning after.
2. The tattered man shrank back abashed.
3. Mavra Kuzminichna grew abashed and confused.
4. Her open admiration should not abash him at all.
5. And how abashed he was, facing Ellen on the morning after.
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Meanings and Examples of ABASHED
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abashed
v. cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
Classic Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
1 not far from here, he added in an apologetic voice, somewhat abashed.
2 He was pleased at the gratitude he received, but felt abashed at receiving it.
3 They were not in the least abashed.
4 He shook his head incredulously; and even more abashed, I said that though I was living with my wife as he advised, I was not living with her as her husband.
5 Prince Andrew was watching these men abashed by the Emperor's presence, and the women who were breathlessly longing to be asked to dance.
6 Finding himself in the company of Napoleon, whose identity he had easily and surely recognized, Lavrushka was not in the least abashed but merely did his utmost to gain his new master's favor.
7 The officer appeared abashed, as though he understood that one might think of how many men would be missing tomorrow but ought not to speak of it.
8 Mavra Kuzminichna grew abashed and confused.
9 Startled, at first abashed, Charles blushed at the rebuff and then, seeing how her eyes were fastened on his sister, he smiled.
10 And how abashed he was, facing Ellen on the morning after.
11 "At Belle Watling's sporting house," said Rhett, looking abashed.
12 They had hushed abashed as she entered and Melanie had arisen, laughing and clutching at hairpins and flying curls from where she was crouching behind the sofa.
13 There was an evening when Carol hoped she was going to make a play; a rehearsal during which Guy stopped looking abashed.
14 The tattered man shrank back abashed.
15 All looked abashed at this elegant speech, delivered with quite an air, and stood huddled together at a respectful distance, except two stout porters, who came up and began conveying away the baggage.
Example Sentence:
1 Her open admiration should not abash him at all.
2 The titter that rippled around the room appeared to abash the boy, but in reality that result was caused rather more by his worshipful awe of his unknown idol and the dread pleasure that lay in his high good fortune.
3 The entire metropolitan center possessed a high and mighty air calculated to overawe and abash the common applicant.